The Acting Director General of the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), Khalid Ishiak, has said there are 40 metric tons of Tela maize variety within Nigeria for farmers at the moment.
The official disclosed this Thursday during a press conference in Abuja amidst controversy trailing the commercialisation of the Genetically Modified (GM) corn variety in Nigeria.
“The quantity of Tela maize in the country surprised us because all we did was that by the time the farmers would need them, we would not have zero. For now, it is just a small quantity of breeder seeds and 40 metric tons. Only 40 metric tons, which is still within,” Mr Ishiak said.
